rosolli
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from dialectal Russian россол (rossol) (standard Russian рассол (rassol, “brine”)). How the Finnish meaning developed is not certain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rosolli
- A cold salad made with cooked cubed carrot, beet and pickle as main ingredients, often also apple, onion, boiled egg and pickled herring, served with spiced whipped cream.
Usage notes
[edit]- rosolli is an essential element in the traditional Finnish Christmas table, see joulupöytä
Declension
[edit]Inflection of rosolli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rosolli | rosollit | |
genitive | rosollin | rosollien | |
partitive | rosollia | rosolleja | |
illative | rosolliin | rosolleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rosolli | rosollit | |
accusative | nom. | rosolli | rosollit |
gen. | rosollin | ||
genitive | rosollin | rosollien | |
partitive | rosollia | rosolleja | |
inessive | rosollissa | rosolleissa | |
elative | rosollista | rosolleista | |
illative | rosolliin | rosolleihin | |
adessive | rosollilla | rosolleilla | |
ablative | rosollilta | rosolleilta | |
allative | rosollille | rosolleille | |
essive | rosollina | rosolleina | |
translative | rosolliksi | rosolleiksi | |
abessive | rosollitta | rosolleitta | |
instructive | — | rosollein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- sillisalaatti
- sinsalla (Central and South Ostrobothnia)
- punane sallatti ("red salad") (SW Finland)
Further reading
[edit]- “rosolli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03